A blog about genealogy and thoughts about the various roots and branches of my family tree as well as the times in which my ancestors lived.Included are the West, White,and McFarland families.WARNING:DO NOT TAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY RECORDS AS GOSPEL. ALWAYS CONFIRM YOUR OWN RESEARCH!

Well, on my Mom’s side my brick walls are high. All I can saywith some certainty is that the McFarlands and Whites werein Ireland and the Offlingers were in Germany.

On my father’s side the veterans of the Revolutionary Warhad moved from Essex, Middlesex, and Plymouth countiesmostly to what would eventually become Oxford County innorthwestern Maine.

Jonathan Barker and his wife Nancy Swan were in Newry,Maine along with at least three of Jonathan’s brothers:Benjamin, Jesse and Symonds Epes Barker. Jonathan andNancy's son Nathaniel Barker would be turning 14 years oldthat year.

Moses Coburn, his wife Esther Spaulding and their sonWestley Coburn (Wesley) were also in Newry

John Ellingwood and Zerviah Abbott and son John Ellingwood Jr. likewise resided in Bethel.

Amos Upton and son Francis had settled in Norway, Me.with their wives and families.

Moses Houghton and Martha Haskell had moved fromWestern Massachusetts with Martha’s parents Mark Haskelland Ruth Safford. Moses' father Elisha Houghton remainedbehind in the town of Adams in Berkshire Co., Ma. Sally Houghton was not born yet, but hermarriage would be one ofthose that brought the families from northern Massachusettstogether with those from southern Massachusetts.

Philip Peirce Richardson and Lydia Dow were living in Bow,Hillsboro, Nh where their youngest son was born in August1808. Middle son Philip Richardson (Jr?) was around 9 yearsold. His future wife’s parents John Laughton and Amata Greenleaf were still teenagers living in Mercer, Me.

John Ames and Lydia Phelps had been in Canton, OxfordCo., Me. for sometime now and their son Jonathan Phelps Ames had married Mary “Polly” Griffith the year before.Polly was the daughter of John Griffith and Mary Boydenwho’d moved to Oxford County from Windham County Vt,but John was originally from Rochester, Plymouth County,Ma.

James Dunham and his wife Cynthia Packard were also fromsouthern Massachusetts and were living in Hebron, OxfordCounty, Me. Their son James Thomas Dunham was bornthere in 1805 and he would marry Sally Houghton.

Asa Barrows and Content Benson had been among theearly settlers of Oxford County and daughter RachelBarrows had been born there in 1795. Her marriage to JohnEllingwood Jr. was the other meeting of my northern andsouthern Massachusetts ancestors.

As to my ancestor, the Elusive John Cutter West, he was 6years old and ….well… somewhere in Plymouth County…